Mid-20th Century Ashtrays

Murano glass bowl, ashtray element.

Carl Auböck ashtray "Marked by Auböck" Original condition.

Original Art Deco ashtray Copper and bakelite ashtray fashed after the 1934 'Saturn" World's Fair Edition Ashtray for Harper's Radio Alhambra. Circa 1930s.

Charming mid-century bamboo ashtray stand with removable red glass ashtray.

Ashtray carved in solid brazilian rosewood by Jac-Art, a company that produced beautiful utilitarian objects exclusively in brazilian rosewood in Brazil in the middle of the last century...

Large Cylinda-line ashtray in Brass. Iconic creation by Danish designer Arne Jacobsen for Stelton Brassware. The large version or Cigar ashtray, is the rarest of the two existing s...

A 1950s souvenir building architectural model Ashtray. Some wear with a nice patina, but this is old-age. Made of metal. A beautiful nice desktop item or just a display item in your ...

Piero Fornasetti "Caduceus" Lithograph Gilt Porcelain white and gold Ashtray. White and gold ceramic ashtray/trinket dish with cigarette slots by Piero Fornasetti, (circa 1950s, Ital...

A yellow tinted glass ashtray from The Castaways Hotel, a hotel and casino in Paradise, Las Vegas, Nevada. The center is printed with a green circle branded with the Castaways logo. ...

Round walnut ashtray c.1950s from Duk-It out of Buffalo, New York. This ashtray features a walnut exterior with brass insert. This piece can also be used ...

Modern porcelain square orange and gold ashtray with depicting an Indian elephant in the middle. Signed „peint a la main“, Handpainted ! Use it as an ashtray, vide poche or for deco...

1960s Gorgeous brown ashtray or catchall by Flavio Poli for Seguso in Murano sommerso glass. Made in Italy The item is in good condition. Dimensions: 5.51" diameter x 3.54" H inch...

A shiny solid brass round faux bamboo Hollywood Regency ashtray. Use this dish as a trinket dish, ashtray, or catchall. Created from solid brass, this piece is quite heavy. The edges...

In this ad you can find a beautiful historical artifact. The object for sale is an aluminum cast board ashtray used on Austrian trains in the 50s. It as manufactured for the staatlic...

Excellent condition! Natural ram’s Horn is fitted with chrome details along with a lighter (in perfect working condition); designed by Carl Aubock in Vienna, the Horn is in stunning form with rough sheath and course growth lines; this lovely ram Horn lighter...

For sale is a unique piece of Mid-Century Modern design. The ashtray was mindfully cast out of solid golden-warm brass. It was produced and designed by the renowned Austrian workshop...

Vintage American midcentury textured round amber glass ashtray. Soreno Amber ashtray by Anchor Hocking in the Heritage Gold color. Moroccan amber glas...

Available today, this Brazilian mid-century modern pipe holder was designed by Jean Gillon for WoodArt and made in Brazil in the 1960’s. Handcrafted from hard rosewood (also known as...

A beautiful chinoiserie catchall, ashtray, or trinket dish. This piece is round with scalloped edges. It is created from brass and decorated with ...

This Vide-poche, or ashtray, was carved from a block of stone,Agathe stone, then polished. We can see as a decoration scheme this extraordinary sinuous Veinage, in brown and beige gr...

Aldo Tura tripod standing ashtray Red Goatskin Measures: H 48 D 22.

Article: Glass bowl elements set of 2 Design: Per Lütken Producer: Holmegaard, Denmark. Age: 1970s Set of 2 wonderful heavy glass elements designed by...

Polychrome ceramic world map catchall / ashtray Zaccagnini Italy 1940s Zaccagnini mark under the base Measures: Height 5 cm x 25,5 cm diamete...

Dish in Ceramic, designed and made by Ibsen Enke in Denmark, 1940s.

Elegant and large ashtray designed in Italy in the 70s by the designer Flavio Poli. The ashtray is in submerged Murano glass in shades of amber with honey shades, triangular body wit...

Opalescent shell bowl / ashtray by Fratelli Toso, Italy, circa 1959. This shell bowl / ashtray is made in pink hand-blown opaline glass under 'lattimo' glass opalescent ribs, with a ...

Murano submerged glass ashtray/valet tray, Italy, 1960s. Family item, it has small signs of aging and use.

Made in Czechoslovakia Made of art glass Good original condition.

Small French glazed ceramic dish with abstract design, signed Valauris to base. Beautiful green glazed ceramic ashtray with colorful abstract design manufactured by Vallauris. France, 1950s. This cool ashtray was handcrafted in France in the 1950's. Hand painted in purple green and yellow glazed ceramic on a dark olive green background. Use it as an ashtray or catchall, useful as jewelry bowl or vide-poche. Signed Vallauris at the bottom. Overall dimensions: 6.5 in x 6 in x 1.75 in height. About Vallauris. Vallauris Golfe Juan is a tourist town of the French Riviera near Antibes known as the "city of 100 potters". Its name (Valauria in Provencal) means "the golden valley...

Franco Albini Rare prototype Brass Dish or Ashtray. Manufactured by Vanzetti Milano, Italy 1931/33 Unmarked. Reference: A. Piva, V. Prina, - Franco Albini 1905-1977 1998, pg. 4...

Archimede Seguso - Mid century studio glass bowl - featuring controlled bubble decoration and ribbons of gold flecks throughout - striking amethyst color glass - quatrefoil shape - u...

A red sommerso murano glass bowl designed and manufactured in Venice in the Seventies by Mandruzzato. It's in lovely conditions, probably never used as ashtray. Crafted by the skille...

Solid rosewood pipe holder by Jean Gillon model 822 from the WoodArt catalogue. Jean Gillon (1919-2007) was born in Romania, where he graduated in Archite...

Vintage stoneware studio pottery ashtray designed by Edith and Brian Heath for Heath Ceramics of Sausalito, California. Features a two-tone contrasting ...

Carl Auböck brass ashtray, model 3317, Austria 1935.

For sale is a beautiful set consisting of an ashtray and matching extinguisher. Both were crafted from brass and designed by the renowned workshops of Carl Auböck in Austria. The ash...

Pair of 2 Murano sommerso glass cigar ashtrays and accompanying stubbers. Attributed to master glass artisan Flavio Poli, circa 1950s. Chunky amber colored glass with a submerged aqua blue/green coloring. The bowls each have 1 wide bridge/cigar rest...

AMBIANIC presents 1960s Mexican bird mixed metal ashtray style los castillo ruby red eyes Measures: 2.5 tall x 1.5 wide x 3.5 deep Hand made in Mexico. Unmarked Married metals...

Round Onix marble Italian Design Sergio Asti Ashtray 1950s.

Crystal We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. Why are there so many antiques in Argentina? In the 1880 – 1940 there was a grate wave of immigration encouraged by the periods of war that were taking place. 1st World War took place between 1914 and 1918 2nd World War took place between 1939 and 1945 The immigrants options were New York or Buenos Aires. Tickets were cheap and in Buenos Aires they were welcomed with open arms, as it was a country where everything was still to be done. Argentina was the country of new opportunities, labour was needed and religious freedom was assured, in many cases the of the family travel first until they were settled and then the rest of the family members join them. In the immigrant museum “Ellis Island Immigrant Building” in New York you can se the promotional posters of the boats that would take them to a new life. Between the years 1895 and 1896, Argentina had the highest DGP (gross domestic product) per capita in the world according to the Maddison Historical Statistics index, this situation arose due to the large amount of food being exported to European countries, which were at war. The Argentinean ships left the port of Buenos Aires with food, but they returned with furniture, clothes and construction elements, (it´s common to see this the old buildings of the historic neighbourhood of San Telmo, the beams with the inscription “Made in England)”, as well as many markets that were built in Buenos Aires, such us the San Telmo Market, whose structure was brought by ship and afterwards assembled in 900 Defensa Street. With the great influence of European immigrants living in the country, the children of the upper classes travelled to study in France, resulting in the inauguration of “La Maison Argentinienne”, on 27th of June 1928, in the international city of Paris, which hosted many Argentinians that were studying in Frace. It´s the fourth house to be built after France, Canada and Belgium, being the first Spanish-speaking one. Still in place today (17 Bd Jourdan, 75014, Paris, France). Many of the children of these wealthy families who attended international art exhibitions, museums and art courses abroad, took a keen interest in the European style. This is why Buenos Aires was at the time referred as “The Paris of South America”. Between the years 1890 and 1920 more than a hundred Palaces were built on Alvear Avenue the most exclusive avenue in Buenos Aires. Today some of these palaces have been transformed into museums, hotels and embassies. In the year 1936, the Kavanagh building was inaugurated, it was the tallest reinforced concrete building in South America. During 1994 the American Society of Civil Engineers distinguished it as an “international engineering milestone”, and it´s now considered a World Heritage of Modern Architecture. At the time was common to hire foreign architects such as Le Corbusier, who visited Buenos Aires/Argentina in 1929 and in 1948 he drew up the blueprints for a house built in La Plata City (which was declared a World Heritage Site). In 1947, the Hungarian architect Marcelo Breuer designed “Parador Ariston” in the seaside city of Mar del Plata. After an Argentinean student at Harvard University convinced him to come to Argentina. He worked on an urban development project in the Casa Amarilla, area of La Boca. The Ukrainian architect, Vladimiro Acosta, arrives in Argentina in 1928 and worked as an architect until que moved to Brazil. Antonio Bonet, a Spanish architect who worked with Le Corbusier in Paris, arrives in Argentina in 1937, where he carried out several architectural works and in 1938 designs the well-known BFK chair. Andres Kálnay, of Hungarian origin, made around 120 architectural masterpieces, among which the former Munich brewery stands out, he even made the furniture’s design. The German architect, Walter Gropius, director of the Bauhaus, lived in Argentina, where he wrote articles for “Sur” magazine and founded in Buenos Aires, an architectural firm with Franz Möller, who was also an architect, where he built two houses. At the same time several famous designers decided to immigrate to Argentina, among them we can find the well-known French designer, Jean-Michel Frank, who arrived in the country in 1940 and also worked for the Rockefeller family. Special pieces were made, which were sold exclusively in the country, such as the well-known German company “WMF”, who sold their products by catalogue, which were chosen by the ladies of high society in the list of wedding gifts, as well as the pieces designed by Christofle. The Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti, made special pieces for Argentinean mansions. In 1904 the first Jansen branch outside Paris was established in Buenos Aires, as the Argentinean clientele demanded a large amount of furniture, from the end of the 19th century to the mid-20th century. In 1970, the brand Rigolleau Argentina made pieces authorised by Lalique. The brands Maple and Thompson also set up shop in the country. The French plastic artist, Marcel Duchamp moved to Argentina in 1918-1919. Glass signed Gallé, Charder, Leverre, Schneider, Muller and other French firms. They were bought in flower shops and were given to ladies with beautiful floral arrangements. Some furniture manufacturers travelled to international fairs and bough the patterns to produce the furniture in Argentina, such as the furniture firm Englander and Bonta, who bought the patterns ins Italy. It is worth mentioning that in Argentina we have the largest community of Italians outside...

Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'V...

Set of two wooden ashtrays with inset in bronze. Wood seems to be rosewood.

Beautiful antique Murano hand blown Sommerso clear bubbles in champagne or caramel color with gold flecks Italian art glass ashtray. Documented to Venini company, and created by mast...

Leatherette, brass and glass ashtray in the style of Jacques Adnet. Leatherette frame with brass studs. Inset amber glass dish. Great tabletop object....

Amazing standing ashtray in goatskin and metal details made by the Italian designer Aldo Tura. Made in Italy in the 1950s. One of the most enigmatic and polarizing figures to e...

Bäckström & Ljungberg “Ultima 9” brass ashtray by Diverse Ting, Malmø Sweden 60s A vintage Ljungberg & Bäckström “Ultima 9” ashtray in solid brass. Made for Diverse Ting and desig...

Rare modernist vide-poche (pin tray) or ashtray by Boris Lacroix. It is made of nickel plated metal, thick glass and wood. It is signed with the Boris Lacroix workshop stamp. Bori...

Art glass vintage ashtray designed by Josef Hospodka in the 1960's. Made by Chribska Glassworks in Czechoslovakia.

A small Italian alabaster marble ashtray with animal paw feet in the Regency style, circa 1960s, Italy. A convenient mini ashtray with protective gold gilt metal rim around top with ...

Carl Auböck Ashtray, Austria 1960s.

Vintage crystal ashtray Produced in Poland in the 1960s by the Julia Glassworks Very good condition Measures: Height: 5cm Width: 17cm.

Carl Auböck ashtray, Austria, 1960s.

Stunning Italian mid-century Vide Poche or catchall or ashtray dish rendered in marbleized resin with an inset polished brass dish and green felt backing. Made in Italy, circa 1970s.

beautiful example of Italian ceramic pottery. Aldo londi for bitossi. brown glaze with block shapes in green, yellow and orange. markednitaly o...

Murano Technical Avventurina : We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads 'View All From Seller'. And you can see more objects to the style for sale.   Fratelli Toso, Venice One of the oldest glass factories established in Murano, Fratelli Toso was founded in 1854 by six brothers who loved the art of glassmaking. With over 150 years of experience in the field, the Toso family improved their techniques and nowadays are one of the top award-winning manufacturers of Murano glass. Technical Avventurina : Avventurina is a Murano glass-making technique developed on Murano island in the 17th century. I was first mentioned in a document dating from 1614 as "a kind of stone with gilt stars inside", at which point it already mesmerized people with the unusual and attractive look. The technique owes its name to the fact that its discovery happened by chance thanks to a lucky coincidence, when a glass artisan is said to have accidentally dropped some metal shavings into the glass mixture. Italians say it happened "all'avventura", which in Italian means "by chance". The first documented recipe for the technique dates from 1644, when Murano master glassmaker Giovanni Darduin described how Avventurina glass should be created. The recipe involves adding various metal oxides such as copper and iron to the hot glass mixture, which will cause tiny particles of the metals to crystallize as the glass mixture cools off. Complicating the process, for such crystallization to occur the furnace had to get fully extinguished, and the metal particles would slowly separate from the glass base over a few days during the natural cooling of the glass. This was a very difficult process from a logistical perspective, since every time a glass furnace got extinguished it caused work to be paused, and re-igniting it was quite a big process, as it took time to fully heat it to the desired temperature. As industrial revolution set foot on Murano in the nineteenth century, the process got a remake. Large volumes of fine Avventurina paste were made and then skillfully stretched into glass canes, which were then re-melted for jewelry-making under a small flame, or for glass blowing. This Avventurina paste received worldwide acclaim and re-ignited the fame of Murano Glass workshops due to its use in Salviati mosaics...

Magnificent midcentury Murano Art Glass with astonishing colour shades going from dark red to amber, via light orange and crystal. This piece was produced in Italy during the 1960s. ...

Murano We have specialized in the sale of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and Vintage styles since 1982. If you have any questions we are at your disposal. Pushing the button that reads '...

Bäckström & Ljungberg “Ultima 9” brass ashtray by Diverse Ting, Malmø Sweden 60s A vintage Ljungberg & Bäckström “Ultima 9” ashtray in solid brass. Made for Diverse Ting and designe...